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According to Ethereum Foundation, the Glamsterdam upgrade will activate on the Hoodi testnet on October 26, 2026 at 17:42 UTC. The upgrade raises the block gas limit to 200 million, aligning with the Sepolia testnet. It introduces enshrined proposer-builder separation and block-level access lists to facilitate parallel transaction validation and enhance Layer 1 throughput.

According to FNNews, South Korea's JB Financial Group announced an investment in artificial intelligence company Upstage through its subsidiaries Jeonju Bank, Gwangju Bank, and JB Woori Capital. The three institutions invested 400 billion won in Upstage's C-2 funding round and acquired approximately 2% equity stake.

According to Cloudflare, the company expanded its AI workspace Cloudflare OS on October 20, adding 8 new integrations including Asana, Box, Canva, ClickHouse, GitHub, Gong, Notion, and ZoomInfo to help enterprises connect internal systems. The integrations allow administrators to manage data access while using Cloudflare's AI Gateway to control AI model usage across existing workflows.

According to JPMorgan Chase Asset Management, Bitcoin is projected to deliver a 10% annualized compound return over the next 10 years, outperforming U.S. large-cap equities (7.5%) and gold (5.5%), making it the best-performing asset class in the bank's 2027 long-term capital market assumptions. The report estimates Bitcoin's annualized arithmetic return at 20.9% with an annualized volatility of 55%, significantly higher than U.S. stocks at 18% volatility and gold at 17.2%, reflecting the asset's

According to Grayscale research data shared by Frank Chaparro on X, Bitcoin's annualized volatility over the past year has fallen to 43% as of October 6, 2026. This marks a significant decline from its 10-year average of 64% and 81% from five years ago. As of the same date, Bitcoin's volatility now sits below approximately 19% of S&P 500 component stocks.

According to Goldman Sachs on Monday, October 20, northwest Europe's natural gas inventory levels may remain low this winter unless Middle Eastern liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies increase. Despite rising Norwegian gas output, inventory levels in the region have climbed to 63%, up from 62% a week earlier, supported by recovering exports from Norway to pre-2022 highs. Goldman Sachs estimates a geopolitical risk premium of 18 euros per megawatt-hour in European gas prices, reflecting uncertain

According to Jin10, on October 20, Japan's 20-year bond auction recorded historic demand driven by higher yields, with a bid-to-cover ratio of 5.84, well above the previous auction's 4.01 and the 12-month average of 3.73. The tail spread, measuring the difference between the average accepted price and the lowest accepted price, narrowed to 0.07 from 0.15 in the previous month, signaling strong investor participation. The 20-year bond yield has approached levels not seen in three decades, while t

According to ChainCatcher, a consortium including Matera, Payfinia, Solana Foundation, and other institutions demonstrated the ANSI X9.150 QR payment standard at Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas in July 2026. The standard, approved by the X9 committee in July, enables a single QR code on invoices to process payments via FedNow, RTP, ACH credit transfers, Zelle, or USDC on Solana, with invoices automatically marked as paid within seconds. Matera North America co-founder and CEO Carlos Netto stated the

According to QuestMobile, in September 2026, Doupo achieved 419 million monthly active users, significantly leading China's AI-native app market. Qwen ranked second with 158 million MAU, followed by DeepSeek with 123 million MAU. Qwen posted the highest year-over-year growth at 5,076%, while Doupo grew 143.6% and maintained a 9.6% quarter-over-quarter increase. DeepSeek and Xiaoyuan AI declined 15.2% and 5.8% respectively.

According to France's Financial Markets Authority (AMF), the regulator identified 25 unauthorized websites offering crypto assets or services in Q3 2026, including alphaairobot.com, aureoncorevix.net, and bitgrokapp.com, among others. Year-to-date, AMF has added 64 names to its blacklist. The agency noted the list is updated frequently but remains incomplete as new unauthorized entities continuously emerge. The public can consult the full blacklist via AMF's official website and the ABEIS platfo

According to Bloomberg, the Trump administration has prohibited U.S. civilian government agencies from using products or services from Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, citing national security concerns over the company's operations in China.

According to Jin10, India's central bank tightened scrutiny on overseas direct investments last week by distributing a standardized checklist to banks, aiming to curb capital outflows as the rupee weakens. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) requested banks to provide detailed information on investments exceeding $1 billion and transactions surpassing four times the investing company's net assets—the regulatory ceiling. The rupee has depreciated over 5% this year amid strong dollar demand and capita

According to NEAR Protocol, the blockchain platform's hackathon will run from November 1 to November 15 (Beijing time 8:00 to 7:59), with judging from November 16–18 and results announced by November 19. The event features a $250,000 prize pool (awarded in NEAR) and focuses on building intelligent agents, autonomous payments, and cross-chain value transfer applications using NEAR Intents, NEAR AI Cloud, and Chain Signatures. Participants may compete individually or in teams and must submit open-

According to ChainCatcher, citing Arkham, Morgan Stanley's SOL product MSOL saw net inflows of $1.8 million over the past 20 days with zero outflow days. In contrast, Fidelity's FSOL sold $1.8 million worth of SOL on October 19. SOL is currently trading at $105.

According to Reuters, Micron's Taoyuan union in Taiwan announced on October 20 plans to launch a strike on Thursday to protest employee bonus and profit-sharing policies, while supporting the Taichung union's ongoing mediation talks with the company. The Taoyuan union's mediation with Micron broke down in September, and members approved strike authorization in early October. Micron employs approximately 15,000 workers in Taiwan, primarily producing DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI ser

According to Solana, the blockchain recorded 8.92 billion non-voting on-chain transactions in Q3 2026, up 104% from the previous quarter (Q4 2025).

According to Jin10 Futures, as of 11:32 AM on October 20, China's major futures contracts recorded significant capital flows. Index derivatives led outflows, with CSI 1000 contracts shedding 7.763 billion yuan, CSI 500 contracts outflowing 4.346 billion yuan, and CSI 300 contracts down 3.361 billion yuan. On the inflow side, crude oil futures (Dec 2026) attracted 647 million yuan, lithium carbonate futures (Jan 2027) received 553 million yuan, and 10-year Treasury futures (Dec 2026) drew 345 mil

According to PANews, Hyperliquid Policy Center submitted comments to the U.S. SEC on October 19, supporting its crypto asset regulation proposal with five proposed amendments. The amendments address airdrop classification, secondary market trading intermediaries, safe harbor provisions for token projects, token buyback guidance, and ongoing state registration exemptions. The underlying SEC proposal allows startups to issue up to 5 million USD in tokens over four years, with an additional 75 mill

According to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country shot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz on October 20. The U.S. has not yet responded to the claim.

According to Jin10, China's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market prices rose 9.8% for the week ended October 20, with the national LPG index averaging 7842 points, up 700 points from the previous period, according to Jinlian monitoring. Market sentiment has turned cautious as downstream buyers resist higher prices. Most regions have begun price cuts, and transaction volumes are weakening. Looking ahead, the LPG market is expected to show a pattern of decline followed by consolidation through lat